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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Assunta have "nothing but harsh words for" (7)?
(a) Her children.
(b) Salvatore's former fiancé.
(c) Salvatore's mother.
(d) Her former fiancé.

2. How is Assunta described physically?
(a) Unkempt and scraggly.
(b) Heavy-set but jolly.
(c) Beautiful and delicate featured.
(d) Unattractive and old-looking.

3. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?
(a) The cafe.
(b) Her house.
(c) Church.
(d) The beach.

4. What did Salvatore tell his mother after he took a good look at Assunta?
(a) He would rather die than marry her.
(b) He would marry her if she fixed herself up a bit.
(c) He would rather marry his own brother.
(d) He would marry her.

5. Who does Salvatore cry to when he returns home after learning he is not to be married to the girl he loved?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands while he bathes his children?

2. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?

3. What did Salvatore do for work when he was not fishing after he married and had children?

4. What would Salvatore do when his rheumatism made it impossible for him to work?

5. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Salvatore's fiancé tell him "with the blunt directness of her race" (5) when he went to see her at her home after he returned rom military service?

2. Though Salvatore found Assunta physically unattractive, what could she offer him if they married?

3. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

4. What would Salvatore do if his rheumatism became too bad for him to work?

5. What does the narrator say he set out to do in the story?

6. Why does Salvatore understand that the girl he loves will not marry him?

7. How is Assunta described after she and Salvatore marry? What does she look like? What type of person is she?

8. What did Salvatore do for work after he and Assunta married?

9. How did Salvatore's family learn he was not going to marry the girl he loved?

10. Describe Salvatore washing his babies near the end of the story?

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